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We often think about teens as in a hurry to grow up, get out of their parents house and get out of high school. But the newest generation of teens doesn’t fit that mold. Jean Twenge is a professor of psychology at San Diego State University, and she looked at U.S. adolescents from 1976 until 2016 and how often they reported engaging in “adult” activities like drinking and dating.

Arizona does not have to reveal who provides its execution drugs, a judge ruled Thursday in a lawsuit arguing that the information would help the public determine whether the death penalty is carried out humanely and promote confidence in the criminal justice system.

The Arizona Commerce Authority has unveiled its new five-year plan. The ACA’s Board of Directors approved it last week. It calls for creating 80,000 new high-wage jobs over the next five years, as well as outlining other goals.

The relationship between the Trump administration and the nation’s Historically Black Colleges and Universities has been a tense one since he first took office. This week, seven months later, the Trump administration named an executive director for the White House Initiative on HBCUs. We speak to Adam Harris, who covered this meeting for the Chronicle of Higher Education.

Ford Motor Company has decided to temporarily shut down five of its plants in North America and Mexico. With me to talk about the broader issues is Jessica Caldwell, executive director of Industry Analysis for Edmunds.

Prosecutors in former Sheriff Joe Arpaio's now-pardoned criminal case face a deadline Thursday for explaining why they now believe the case should be dismissed and all rulings in the case should be thrown out.

One n Ten, a resource center for LGBTQ youth, is celebrating its grand opening at a new location today. The old location burned down in July. The suspected arsonist is a man who once received services from the center.

Climate change has been more prominent in headlines in recent years, as temperatures get warmer and more powerful storms affect the world. And that has helped nurture a relatively new genre of fiction — more specifically, science fiction — that focuses on climate change and its impact.

Protesters and activists have had a huge number of issues and events to react to in the past few years — from conflicts between law enforcement officers and African-American men to comments and actions taken by President Trump and his administration.

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